The Al-Habib - formerly the Evershine - is yet another one of those slightly above-average curry houses that proliferate in Bradford. They serve fare that is, usually, of a decent standard, at the cheaper end of the price range. From time to time we've had very good curries there - but they are very variable, as we discovered.

We kicked off with chicken pakora (£2.00), onion bhaji (90p), and potato bhaji (£1.50). The first two were adequate, freshly-cooked and crisp, but nothing special - and the potions weren't that great. The potato bhaji was possibly the best dish we sampled that night - a plate of spiced potatoes in a pungent masala sauce.

My chana gobi was average - a smallish portion of chick peas and cauliflower (and quite a few other vegetables) in a rather bland sauce. We ordered a veg rogan josh, but it came as a veg dansak which, along with the mushroom dansak, was appalling. Both dishes wee so sweet as to be inedible, and bulked out with sickening wodges of pineapple: they were so bad that we couldn't finish them. The veg karahi was average rather on the sweet side, with a good selection of vegetables. The chicken bhuna was described as "mediocre: the chicken was a little tough, and the portion bland and small." That goes for all the portions here, so be warned.

We did get some free popadums. The coffee, at 60p a cup, was the usual disappointment at this restaurant.

All in all, we'd advise our readers to give the Al-Habib a try, but avoid the dansak dishes at all cost!

Al-Habib's used to be the Evershine, but has had a slight face-lift and redecoration. (But the menus are identical to the old ones, with The Evershine tip-exed out and Al-Habib written on top in felt tip!) The prices are pretty much as they were a year ago, but the curries slightly better.

We started with onion bhaji (80p), chicken pakora (£1.50), and vegetable samosas (40p). The pakoras were merely average, the batter crisp but the chicken bland. The onion bhaji were above average, but nothing special, as were the samosas.

I had chana and spinach for my main course, and it was excellent, nicely spiced, great consistency, with chick peas I could actually taste. The dall tarka was well above average too, with its own unique flavour as opposed to the overwhelming taste of ghee which masks some dall tarka dishes. The chicken masala and chicken rogan josh dishes were average fare.

We finished off with coffee which has improved from the terrible swill they served us last time. Unfortunately, they do not sell barfi.

All in all we considered the night a pleasant curry experience. Al-Habib's isn't the best restaurant in the city, but the service is fast, friendly and efficient, and it serves well above average curries at reasonable rates.

(All dishes are served with either chapattis or rice. Plain nans are £1.00, extra chapattis 20p and boiled rice 80p)